Sen. Bam Aquino is a former social entrepreneur turned senator that continues to support Filipino entrepreneurs and the development of micro, small and medium enterprises or MSMEs.

Thanks to his first law – the Go Negosyo Act – there are over 580 Negosyo Centers across the Philippines providing training and mentorship, market linkage, and access to financing for Filipinos who wish to build a successful business.

He has also passed laws that bridge the gap between local MSMEs and access to financing and is working on the passage of the Innovative Start-up Law to incentivize tech startups and social enterprises in the Philippines.

He has been hailed by some as one of the most productive and hardworking senators – now with thirty five (35) laws passed in just four (5) years.

Just recently, a revolutionary reform principally sponsored by Sen. Bam in the Senate – the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act – was signed into law, making college education free in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs), and TESDA-run Tech-Voc Institutions (TVIs).